20.500.12556/RUL-144825 Person–environment fit in urban neighbourhoods in Slovenia challenges and coping strategies A poor person–environment fit may bring various negative effects to older people’s independence and physical and psychological well-being. The presented study is especially valuable as it explores the challenges of living in cities in a country located in central and eastern Europe; namely, a less researched area when it comes to the quality of life of older people dwelling in an urban environment. The research questions that were explored are (1) what environmental pressures have people identified in the urban environment in Slovenia; and (2) what strategies have they used to deal with them? The study is based on 22 interviews with older people and three focus groups, that were then analysed using a thematic analysis approach. The study results identify a number of environmental pressures, which were divided into structural housing pressures, structural neighbourhood pressures, and formal and informal pressures. The analysis shows important behavioural responses, such as strategies of using formal and informal help, moving away from environmental pressures, mobility, actively involved in changing the environment, as well as attitudinal adaptation strategies, such as acceptance, resilience, using distraction, modesty and planning for the future. We further emphasize how these coping strategies are linked to individual and community capabilities, which function as a conversion factor. person–environment fit urban neighbourhoods ageing in place coping strategies urbana sociologija mestno življenje kakovost življenja starostniki Slovenija true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Slovenija; Članek v reviji 2023-03-15 12:23:09 2023-03-15 12:23:13 2023-03-16 03:33:05 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2023 0 0 Str. 1-14 issue 6, [article no.] 5139 Vol. 20 Mar. 2023 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 316.334.56:316.728-053.9(497.4) 1660-4601 10.3390/ijerph20065139 145260035 Filipovic_et_al_IJERPH.pdf Filipovic_et_al_IJERPH.pdf 1 158AB960E3C8A722B842B80C51E246C9 7c07bc2553d3cf9c260a17cf68e1bb00cfa44ee0d77e3cfee33fe8bbf01072f5 184e00a7-c324-11ed-a314-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=167366 https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/20/6/5139 0 20dccf82-c324-11ed-a314-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=167367 Fakulteta za družbene vede 0 0 0